On 23rd March, Legal Notice 95 governing the indefinite closure
of non-essential retail outlets and outlets providing non-essential
services has been published with effect from the same day. The
closure has been announced on Sunday 22nd by the Deputy Prime
Minister, Dr. Chris Fearne. The order covers shops whereby their
principal business relates to selling of clothing, sportswear,
jewellery, hand bags and leather goods, costume jewellery and
accessories, footwear, non-prescription eyewear, perfumeries,
beauty products, haberdasheries, soft furnishings, souvenir shops,
discount stores, luggage shops, toy shops, hobby shops, furniture
shops, florists and vaping shops, whether operating in shopping
malls and/or elsewhere. Such establishments may still however
provide delivery services of their products to the community. The
non-essential services covered by the order are hairdressers,
barbers, beauticians, spas, nail artists, nail technicians and
tattooists.
